



haeteejedoo from MaetaJ tonne 



1 I It IE. I i JL I i iii RJM! 



InMf attacked nrH r>*m^ annthi 



oaFeb.t iaadeAknearKaragt 



iy, outnumbering 



..'.:<.".: -- 



ocking down men in 

 the rank*. Lieut. Jones, who wat wounded, re- 

 totaled u> Booi with only 14 men left, and ro- 

 eiatil there until he waa relieved a week later 

 hvadetarhmn. 



MBdhwa M| 



rot nC pioneer 



Utral to relieve the preerare on 

 in MastuJ and Chitral and avert, if 

 ng aiminst British au- 

 and Taain and the do- 

 trwlioe} of the 4 military poate held by fewer 

 than * nwn. OoL Kelly 0111 from 

 on March 31 with 400 pineien and t mountain 

 ihixr the font w 



B^ahAk^.KhanofTunX* 1 

 CV, BarrodaOaflMmeded in making a road 



-. 

 iwaovwvd aodaep with enow as to he imprao- 



nne wr earned on the ahouideri of men. As 

 the expedition deeeended into the valley of chit- 

 ral the eoemy were found posted at Oiakalwat 

 and other pfaeca. Their Doeitions were turn.nl 

 ikedtbem from the 



crags above and cleared the Hangar*, or stone 

 breastwork.^, with tin- ai<l <>f the artillery, drir- 

 in prrcipitat- lli^'hl d.-wn the 

 \v)ii< h ..|M-ncd the way to 

 n pounded, and 

 of 85 killr-l i 

 woundnl. The first* ilm 

 "ii tin- same day, April 0, and halted th< n tin-,.,. 

 days for the rest of the force to coin* 

 second engagement took place when the march 

 was resumed. MohamnW I *a held a strong posi- 

 tion at against 6J 

 advanced to tho nttark : Ixit with th.-ir i:un- th<> 

 Brit inh cleared the road and hen 

 enoountered no opposition, and on April 'JO 

 reached Chit ml. 



A part of the re-enforcementa were sent \-\ 

 the Maharajah of Cashin Mizerain of 



Chitral, Iwlongring to tli.- ii r.-.p- 



he held at the disposal of his su/ 

 The Ameer of Afghanistan, who was ready to 

 role over ChlfcraJ and tin- state* 



that I'lnni Klian Im-: 



of hi army to the frontier to v. orders 



interjKH<' unli-** tin- Indiiui (Joverninrnl 

 decided t< withdraw from the country HI 

 rnit thr Afghans to come in. Indian 



. -A : -.-.'. ..- _ -hat :,- 

 Chitralis at least would find Afghan rule, as irk- 

 as it prove*] to tin ir neighbors of Wakhan, 



liffe Tx>w start* 

 expeditionary force on Af>ril 1. no satisf 



*-cn received from I'mra Khan. 

 A metalled road was constructed, and the rough 

 stair* that served as a path over the Malakand 



